Basilica of Saint Julia of Corsica Basilica di Santa Giulia | |
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View of the apse area. | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Province | Bergamo |
Status | Inactive |
Location | |
Location | Bonate Sotto, Italy |
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Geographic coordinates | 45°39′40″N9°34′5″E / 45.66111°N 9.56806°E /45.66111; 9.56806 |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
Style | Romanesque |
TheBasilica di Santa Giulia is a medieval former church inBonate Sotto,Lombardy, northernItaly. Built in the early 12th century, only itsapse area remain today in a short plain outside the town.
According to local tradition, it was founded bSt. Julia of Corsica or theLombard queenTheodelinda. It is mentioned in a letter from 1129 byPope Honorius II as "... the church in Lesina which has not been consecrated yet". An abbey had its centre here, being abandoned together with the church around the 14th century.
The church had a basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles with three apses; the interior was divided into fivebays, of which only the last one preceding the apse area survives. The area without the ceiling is now home to a cemetery. The central apse was frescoed in 1795 by the Swiss painters Baldassarre andVincenzo Angelo Orelli.
Notable are the sculpted capitals, with geometrical, animal or human figures, while the residual exterior decoration includes small columns andLombard bands.